[MUSIC PLAYING]
SPEAKER 1: Google Assistant Accessibility Videos,
using the Assistant on Android smartphones with TalkBack.
KIRAN KAJA: Hello, and welcome.
I'm Kiran Kaja, and I am the Accessibility Lead
for Search and Assistant.
In this video, I'm going to demonstrate how the Google
Assistant integrates with TalkBack screen reader
on Android devices.
Your Google Assistant can help you find information or perform
tasks all by using your voice, or if you prefer, a keyboard.
I'm using a Google Pixel 3 for this demo.
There are a number of ways to activate the Google
Assistant on an Android device.
With TalkBack running, you can double
tap and hold the Home button to activate the Google Assistant.
SPEAKER 3: Home button.
KIRAN KAJA: What is the largest national park in the United
States?
SPEAKER 3: Wrangell-St. Elias, according to some information
I've found on World Atlas.
KIRAN KAJA: You can also use "OK, Google," or "hey, Google."
For example, "hey, Google."
[BEEPS]
How big is the Amazon rainforest?
SPEAKER 3: The surface area of the Amazon rainforest
has 2,124,000 square miles.
KIRAN KAJA: You may have noticed that the Assistant played
a beep when I said, "OK, Google."
[BEEPS]
This is to indicate that the Assistant is listening to you.
Finally, on Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 3,
you can also activate the Assistant
by squeezing the bottom of the device.
For example, how big is Yellowstone national park?
SPEAKER 3: The surface area of Yellowstone national park
is 3,471 square miles.
KIRAN KAJA: Your Google Assistant
can perform over 1 million actions.
To explore what the Google Assistant can do,
tap the Open Explorer page in the bottom right corner.
You can also say, "OK, Google, what can you do?"
SPEAKER 3: Here are the things I'm good at.
Give one a try by saying something like,
"help me check financial markets."
KIRAN KAJA: We love to hear from our users.
Please try the Google Assistant on your Android device
and let us know if you have questions or comments on how
it works with TalkBack.
Also, check out the rest of the videos
in this series for more tips and tricks about the Google
Assistant and Google Search products.
You can get in touch with us by email
at disability-support@google.com or check out
google.com/accessibility for more accessibility support
options.